September 7, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Being wrong about the direction of a stock, or a market is part of this business. What I have found in my nearly two decades trading in financial markets is that embracing the fact that …

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September 6, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

I’ve written about Netflix (NFLX) on a few occasions of late (here, here and here), and while the subscription growth (or lack thereof in Q2) reported in July was disappointing, the M&A environment we find ourselves in makes …

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September 6, 2016 by Dan • Big Printin'

Shares of Alibaba (BABA) are up more than 4% today, trading at a new 52 week high. BABA is up 28% on the year, and up 82 from its 52 week and all time lows …

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September 6, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Smart money is constantly hunting for the next big technological service, standard or platform.  To get a sense what that smart money is looking at (to eventually bet on), I follow a bunch of VC …

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September 2, 2016 by CC • Trade Ideas

On September 7th, Apple is holding an event to reveal the next iteration of their iPhone / iOS software, and possibly the the first update to the Apple Watch since its release in April 2015. Rumors and leaks …

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September 2, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

In case you missed it before your holiday weekend sign-off, the August non-farm payrolls came in below expectations at 151,000 jobs added (vs 180,000 consensus), well below the 2016 average of 182,000 and well below the …

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September 1, 2016 by Dan • Big Printin'

This morning CNBC’s David Faber spoke of the possible interest of activist investors in Twitter (TWTR), watch here: .@davidfaber : Next week on Sept. 8 there will be an important board meeting for this company …

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September 1, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Last night Salesforce.com (CRM) reported fiscal Q2 results that were generally inline. They guided the current quarter down a touch, and left full year guidance intact.  The stock was down 8% last night in the …

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